KJV King James Version
Let him which is on the housetop not come down to take any thing out of his house:
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Matthew 24:17
Let him which is on the housetop not come down to take any thing out of his house:
Read it in 5 translations
BSB Berean Standard Bible
Let no one on the housetop come down to retrieve anything from his house.
WEB World English Bible
Let him who is on the housetop not go down to take out things that are in his house.
ASV American Standard Version
let him that is on the housetop not go down to take out the things that are in his house:
YLT Young’s Literal Translation
he on the house-top—let him not come down to take up any thing out of his house;
Surrounding context — Matthew 24
14 And this gospel of the kingdom shall be preached in all the world for a witness unto all nations; and then shall the end come.
15 When ye therefore shall see the abomination of desolation, spoken of by Daniel the prophet, stand in the holy place, (whoso readeth, let him understand:)
16 Then let them which be in Judaea flee into the mountains:
17 Let him which is on the housetop not come down to take any thing out of his house:
18 Neither let him which is in the field return back to take his clothes.
19 And woe unto them that are with child, and to them that give suck in those days!
20 But pray ye that your flight be not in the winter, neither on the sabbath day:
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Original-language word links
These Hebrew/Greek tokens are linked by Strong's number. Click one for its lexicon definition and other occurrences.
ὁG3588 · hothe/this/whoἐπὶG1909 · epiupon/to/againstτοῦG3588 · hothe/this/whoδώματοςG1430 · dōmahousetopμὴG3361 · mēnotκαταβάτωG2597 · katabainōto come/go downἆραιG142 · airōto take upτὰG3588 · hothe/this/whoἐκG1537 · ekout fromτῆςG3588 · hothe/this/whoοἰκίαςG3614 · oikiahomeαὐτοῦ,G846 · autosit/s/he
Cross-references
Luke 17:31-33In that day, he which shall be upon the housetop, and his stuff in the house, let him not come down to take it away: and he that is in the field, let him likewise not return back.Mark 13:15-16And let him that is on the housetop not go down into the house, neither enter [therein], to take any thing out of his house:Matthew 10:27What I tell you in darkness, [that] speak ye in light: and what ye hear in the ear, [that] preach ye upon the housetops.Acts 10:9On the morrow, as they went on their journey, and drew nigh unto the city, Peter went up upon the housetop to pray about the sixth hour:Luke 12:3Therefore whatsoever ye have spoken in darkness shall be heard in the light; and that which ye have spoken in the ear in closets shall be proclaimed upon the housetops.Deuteronomy 22:8When thou buildest a new house, then thou shalt make a battlement for thy roof, that thou bring not blood upon thine house, if any man fall from thence.Luke 5:19And when they could not find by what [way] they might bring him in because of the multitude, they went upon the housetop, and let him down through the tiling with [his] couch into the midst before Jesus.1 Samuel 9:25And when they were come down from the high place into the city, [Samuel] communed with Saul upon the top of the house.Matthew 6:25Therefore I say unto you, Take no thought for your life, what ye shall eat, or what ye shall drink; nor yet for your body, what ye shall put on. Is not the life more than meat, and the body than raiment?Job 2:4And Satan answered the LORD, and said, Skin for skin, yea, all that a man hath will he give for his life.Proverbs 6:4-5Give not sleep to thine eyes, nor slumber to thine eyelids.
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